Matthew 26:36

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
KJV

Τότε ἔρχεται μετ’ αὐτῶν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς χωρίον λεγόμενον Γεθσημανεί, καὶ λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς, καθίσατε αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀπελθὼν ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι.
Greek NT

Tunc venit Jesus cum illis in villam, quæ dicitur Gethsemani, et dixit discipulis suis : Sedete hic donec vadam illuc, et orem.
Vulgate

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.
ASV

Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani. And he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.
Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Jesus

Places Gethsemane

Symbols Garden

In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γεθσημανῆ

gethsemane

noun · 2×

αὐτοῦ

autou

adverb · 5×

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

εἰς

eis

preposition · 1769×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

καθίζω

kathizo

verb · 47×

λέγω

lego

verb · 2256×

μαθητής

mathetes

noun · 261×

μετά

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor

SBLGNT: ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι | RP: προσεύξωμαι ἐκεῖ

ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι — SBLGNT
ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
προσεύξωμαι ἐκεῖ — Robinson-Pierpont

source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

§2849Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "cu…

Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages

2. But He does not this only, but also, by saying, into the hands of sinners, He cheers up their minds, showing it was the effect of their wickedness, not of His being liable to any charge. Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that does betray me. Matthew 26:46 For by all means He taught them, that the matter was not of necessity, nor of weakness, but of some secret dis…

2. And to His disciples He says these things; but to the others, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me. See how many things He does that might awaken them. He cast them to the ground, He healed the servant's ear, He threatened them with being slain; For they shall perish with th…

Heidelberg Catechism

Q. Why does the creed add: He descended to hell? A. To assure me in times of personal crisis and temptation that Christ my Lord, by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and terror of soul, especially on the cross but also earlier, has delivered me from the anguish and torment of hell.

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
John 18:1 — When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
Luke 9:18 — And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Luke 22:39 — And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
Luke 22:40 — And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
Mark 14:32 — And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
Mark 14:32 — And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
Matt 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matt 14:23 — And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matt 26:42 — He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Ps 22:1 — My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Ps 40:13 — Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Ps 69:13 — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Ps 69:13 — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.